Steering wheel brake



Aug. 9, 1932. NAGAMATSU 1,870,525

STEERING WHEEL BRAKE Filed Sept. 22, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor gmwamm.

1932- l. NAGAMATSU 1,870,525

STEERING WHEEL BRAKE Filed Sept. 22, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor I QzWw/ZEM srss IKUGORO NAGAMATSU, F LAS VEGAS, NEVADA OFFICE N STEERING WHEEL BRAKE Application filed September 22, 1931. Serial No. 564,407.

This invention relates to means for opershaft and said collar has three arms 8 radiatating the brake of a motor vehicle by the ing therefrom. Each arm has its outer end steering wheel, the general object of the inbent upwardly and carrying a small roller 9 vention being to provide means whereby the for engaging the rim 5. These arms are so steering wheel can be tilted with means for arranged that the lower part of the steering 55 depressing the brake pedal by the tilting wheel can be pushed downwardly to tilt the movement of the steering wheel. wheel on the joint 4 but said arms prevent This invention also consists in certain other tilting movement of the wheel in any other features of construction and in the combinadirection. A rod 10 is slidably supported in tion and arrangement of the several parts to a tubing 11 attached to the steering column by 0 be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the clamping bands 12 and the lower end of the accompanying drawings and specifically the rod is bent and is connected to a rod 13 pointed out in the appended claims. by a joint 14 and said rod 18 is connected to In describing the invention in detail, refthe brake pedal 15. erence will be had to the accompanying draw- The upper end of the rod 10 serves as a 85 ings wherein like characters denote like or roller 16 which contacts the lower part of corresponding parts throughout the several the rim 5 so that when the steering wheel has views, and in which: 1 its lower part tilted the rod 10 will be pushed Figure 1 is a side view of parts of a motor downwardly and this movement is communivehicle showing the invention in use. cated to the bar 13 so that the brake pedal Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figis depressed and the brake applied. When ure 1. the steering wheel is part-1y released or the Figure 3 is a view of the outturned mempressure removed fro its lower part, the her for supporting the wheel when in normal spring attached to the brake pedal will reposition. turn the parts to normal position and if de- Figure 4 is a view partly in section showir d the ring may be located in the bonging the connection between the brake pedal ing 11 to help the brake pedal spring remove and the push rod. the rod 10 and parts attached thereto to nor- Figure 5 is a sectional view through the mal position. steering wheel and parts of the steering (201- From the foregoing it will be seen that I umn. have provided means whereby a downward Figure 6 is a bot om plan View f h movement of that part of the steering wheel steering wheel and the parts oscociated theren xt to th driver will cause a depression of with. the brake pedal to apply the brake.

F gure 7 is & Se t Il l View thrmlg the It is thought from the foregoing descripuniversal joint which connects the shaft tion that the advantages and novel features wheel to the steering shaft. of the invention will be readily apparent.

Figure 8 is a sectional view of a part of It is to be understood that changes may be' I the brake push rod and its enclosing tube. made in the construction and in the combina- In these drawings, the numeral 1 indicates tion and arrangement of the several. parts a steering column and the numeral 2 the provided that such changes fall within the steering shaft to which the steering wheel 3 scope of the appended claims. is connected by the universal joint 4 so that Having thus described my invention, what the steering wheel has tilting movement on I claim as new is:

" the shaft. A rim 5 of much smaller diame- 1. In combination with a brake pedal and ter than the rim or the steering wheel is consteering column and steering shaft of a monected to the under part of the wheel by the tor vehicle, a steering wheel, a universal spacers and bolts shown generally at 6. A joint connecting the hub of the wheel with collar'l'is suitably connected to the upper end the upper end of the shaft, means for supof the steering column and surrounds the porting the wheel against tilting movement except in one direction and means whereby the tilting movement of the wheel will depress the brake pedal.

2. In combination with a brake pedal the steering column and shaft and steering wheel of a motor vehicle, a universal joint connecting the hub of the wheel with the upper end of the shaft, a rim attached to a lower part of the wheel, a collar attached to the upper 1 end of the column and having radiating arms thereon, rollers on the arms engaging the rim, said rollers and arms preventing tilting movement of the wheel except at that point at the lower part of the wheel, guiding means attached to the column, a rod slidabl supported to said means and having a ro ler at its upper end engaging the rim and means for connecting the lower end of the rod to the brake pedal whereby a tilting movement of the wheel will depress the pedal.

3. In combination with a brake applyingv member and steering column and steering shaft of a motor vehicle, a steering wheel, a universal joint connecting the hub of the 95 wheel with the upper end of the shaft, means for supporting the wheel against tilting movement except in one direction and means whereby the tilting movement of the wheel will operate said brake member.

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature.

7 IkUGORO NAGAMATSU. 

